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Fiction

.99 Classic Kindle Books on Early American – Indians.

Great book on life among the Indians. If you like this book you will also want to read the following 99-cent classics on life with Indians: Bird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark: Her Own Story Now First Given to the World (1918)  My Life as an Indian: The Story of a Red […]

The Book of Negroes

This historical novel should be required reading for every high school student. It is also known under the title “Someone knows my Name”. Aminata Diallo, one of the strongest women characters in contemporary fiction, is kidnapped from Africa as a child and sold as a slave in South Carolina. Fleeing to Canada after the Revolutionary […]

The Dandelion

I purchased this book after seeing a post from the author in one of the many Facebook groups on books. It was on sale or just inexpensive. I probably would not have bought it if I hadn’t seen the post from the author. I can’t remember it exactly but it was about how it is […]

If I had Known

I don’t know how this book got into my Kindle library but it did. It might have been a Kindle First Reads download or something. It showed good reviews on Amazon.com of course but left me wondering why. It’s the story of a young adult who wants to write a story about something to publish […]

Made Me Think

The Book of Negroes

This historical novel should be required reading for every high school student. It is also known under the title “Someone knows my Name”. Aminata Diallo, one of the strongest women characters in contemporary fiction, is kidnapped from Africa as a child and sold as a slave in South Carolina. Fleeing to Canada after the Revolutionary […]

Educated

I started this blog after reading the book ‘Educated: a Memoir” by Tara Westover. I have just started reading in the last few years again after a long hiatus from reading. I had been feeling like there were not any good books out there anymore and that too many have started publishing books on their […]

Hello read any good books world!

I used to be an avid reader, but somehow along the way got away from reading. The last good book I remember reading was Memoirs of a Geisha – a real page turner for me. Nothing compared to that so I stopped reading and that is probably about the time social media and Facebook popped […]

Non-fiction

.99 Classic Kindle Books on Early American – Indians.

Great book on life among the Indians. If you like this book you will also want to read the following 99-cent classics on life with Indians: Bird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark: Her Own Story Now First Given to the World (1918)  My Life as an Indian: The Story of a Red […]

Fun with Books

Best opening line in books

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley The primroses were over. Watership Down “Quiet as it’s kept,” from Toni Morrison’s Bluest Eye. I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills…. It was a dark and stormy night. He was dead. However, his nose throbbed painfully, which he thought odd […]

Literary Tatoos

Not Today Game of Thrones There is one thing we say to death…. Not Today Arya Stark Billy tells Bruno : You are just a sporting Goods Salesman Bruno says: Not Today City Slickers. My son turned ten just the other day He said, “Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let’s play Can you […]

Best Book Quotes

“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.” —May Sarton Love. That was what she had that IT did not have.” ― Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time I did not come to heal her, the monster said. I came to heal you.”― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls “We are afraid of […]